Base station device and mobile station device in mobile communication system utilizing the site diversity effect in soft handover state

• US 5,574,983 A
• Filed: 09/29/1994
• Issued: 11/12/1996
• Est. Priority Date: 09/29/1993
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Original Assignee: NTT Mobile Communications Network Inc. (Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation)
• Inventors: Douzono, Youichi, Umeda, Narumi
• Primary Examiner(s): Eisenzopf, Reinhard J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Nguyen, Lee
• Application Number:
  US08/314,719
• Time in Patent Office: 775 Days
• Field of Search: 455/69, 455/70, 455/38.3, 455/53.2, 455/53.1, 455/54.1, 455/56.1, 455/54.2, 455/67.1, 455/67.3, 379/59, 379/60
• US Class Current: 455/69
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 36/18 for allowing seamless reselection, e.g. soft reselection
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0203 in the radio access network or backbone network of wireless communication networks
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/0245 according to signal strength
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/36 with a discrete range or set of values, e.g. step size, ramping or offsets
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/40 during macro-diversity or soft handoff
• CPC Class Codes: H04W 52/58 Format of the TPC bits
• CPC Class Codes: Y02D 30/70 in wireless communication networks

Abstract

A base station and a mobile station in a mobile communication system capable of reducing interference among mobile stations and increasing a subscriber capacity of the system. The base station has a unit for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals, and a unit for producing a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with the mobile station. The mobile station has a unit for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals, and a unit for producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with the mobile station.

Claims

1. A base station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

means for receiving mobile station transmission signals from one mobile station in the mobile communication system;

means for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals;

means for producing a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station; and

means for transmitting base station transmission signals containing the mobile station transmission power control data to said one mobile station.

2. The base station of claim 1, wherein the producing means changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

3. The base station of claim 1, wherein the producing means changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.

4. The base station of claim 1, further comprising:

means for extracting a base station transmission power control data specifying a required base station transmission power from the mobile station transmission signals; and

means for adjusting the base station transmission power of the base station transmission signals according to the base station transmission power control data.

5. The base station of claim 4, wherein the base station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals received at said one mobile station, and the adjusting means adjusts the base station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

6. The base station of claim 5, wherein the adjusting means changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

7. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

means for receiving base station transmission signals from one base station in the mobile communication system;

means for measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals;

means for producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station; and

means for transmitting mobile station transmission signals containing the base station transmission power control data to said one base station.

8. The mobile station of claim 7, wherein the producing means changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

9. The base station of claim 7, wherein the producing means changes the base station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is decreased, and changes the base station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station is increased.

10. The mobile station of claim 7, further comprising:

means for extracting a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a required mobile station transmission power from the base station transmission signals; and

means for adjusting the mobile station transmission power of the mobile station transmission signals according to the mobile station transmission power control data.

11. The mobile station of claim 10, wherein the mobile station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals received at said one base station, and the adjusting means adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

12. The mobile station of claim 11, wherein the adjusting means changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

13. A mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising:

means for receiving base station transmission signals from one base station in the mobile communication system and transmitting mobile station transmission signals to base stations in the mobile communication system;

means for measuring a communication quality of the base station transmission signals;

means for carrying out a radio channel switching from said one base station to another base station in the mobile communication system whenever the communication quality measured by the measuring means becomes lower than a threshold communication quality; and

means for adjusting the threshold communication quality according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

14. The mobile station of claim 13, wherein the adjusting means changes the threshold communication quality lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

15. A method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of mobile station transmission signals from one mobile station received at one base station;

producing a mobile station transmission power control data specifying a mobile station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station;

transmitting base station transmission signals containing the mobile station transmission power control data from said one base station to said one mobile station;

extracting the mobile station transmission power control data from the base station transmission signals transmitted by said one base station and received at said one mobile station; and

adjusting the mobile station transmission power of the mobile station transmission signals from said one mobile station to said one base station according to the mobile station transmission power control data.

16. The method of claim 15, wherein the producing step changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

17. The method of claim 15, wherein the producing step changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the mobile station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.

18. The method of claim 15, wherein the mobile station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the mobile station transmission signals from said one mobile station received at said one base station, and the adjusting step adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

19. The method of claim 18, wherein the adjusting step changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

20. A method for controlling a transmission power in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

measuring a measurement value for at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of base station transmission signals from one base station received at one mobile station;

producing a base station transmission power control data specifying a base station transmission power required in adjusting the measurement value to a target level according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station;

transmitting mobile station transmission signals containing the base station transmission power control data from said one mobile station to said one base station;

extracting the base station transmission power control data from the mobile station transmission signals transmitted by said one mobile station and received at said one base station; and

adjusting the base station transmission power of the base station transmission signals from said one base station to said one mobile station according to the base station transmission power control data.

21. The method of claim 20, wherein the producing step changes the target level lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

22. The method of claim 20, wherein the producing step changes the base station transmission power control data to a higher level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is decreased, and changes the base station transmission power control data to a lower level when the number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station is increased.

23. The method of claim 20, wherein the base station transmission power control data indicates a measured value of at least one of a receiving level and an interference ratio level of the base station transmission signals from said one base station received at said one mobile station, and the adjusting step adjusts the mobile station transmission power as predicted to be required in adjusting the measured value to a target value according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

24. The method of claim 23, wherein the adjusting step changes the target value lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said one mobile station.

25. A method for controlling a radio channel switching of a mobile station in a mobile communication system, comprising the steps of:

measuring a communication quality of the base station transmission signals from one base station received at said mobile station;

carrying out a radio channel switching from said one base station to another base station in the mobile communication system whenever the communication quality measured at the measuring step becomes lower than a threshold communication quality; and

adjusting the threshold communication quality according to a number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.

26. The method of claim 25, wherein the adjusting step changes the threshold communication quality lower for a larger number of base stations simultaneously in communication with said mobile station.